Sunlight and Shadows

Finding poetry in star dust, sunbeams, and passing clouds

Category: Connection

  • Christmas Story

    Christmas is a lodge decked out in light

    Twinkling on trees and wreaths so bright

    Sit around the hearth fire at night

    Christmas is a table set for four

    Full of food, candles, festive décor

    Gather round for holiday once more

    Christmas is a hike through a winter wood

    Tall trees have ice and storms withstood

    Join in the laughter, all is good

    Christmas is a porch view of the lake

    Plein air painting, memories to make

    Relax, breathe deep, and take a break

    Christmas is a late night with family

    Create a colorful Nativity

    Come remember, be part of the story

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  • Christmas Light

    Gather round the cozy fire

    Mantle wreathed in points of light

    Hearth, Nativity, and gifts

    Treasure Christmas – what a sight

    Laughter echoes all around

    Christmas carols, sing along

    Notes of hope and joy and love

    Treasure Christmas – every song

    Build a house of gingerbread

    Sprinkles, icing, sticky cheer

    Dinner cooking, all come round

    Treasure Christmas – home is here

    Twinkling lights glitter outside

    Drifting snowflakes fill the air

    Friends and family celebrate

    Treasure Christmas – all we share

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  • Trust

    “Trust in most” – is it true?

    Does that most include you?

    In this sea of many

    When does most become few?

    “Trust in most” – does it say?

    Is it now, here today?

    When it lands in my hands

    Is this card good to play?

    “Trust in most” – but how high?

    What is too far to fly?

    Will I fall at a wall

    And hit an unseen lie?

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  • Letting Go

    Sometimes you fight by standing strong

    Speak out against everything wrong

    But sometimes fighting walks away

    Your absence speaks when you can’t stay

    When you put in your heart and soul

    Letting go can take its toll

    You have to pick up each strewn piece

    Find what to keep and to release

    Moving on still hurts, it’s rough

    Releasing those deep bonds is tough

    But faithful service is worth the cost

    And love freely shared is never lost

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  • Waiting

    Waiting for a bus or train

    Waiting for the light to change

    Waiting for the rain to stop

    Waiting for the shoe to drop

    Waiting for a grade or raise

    Waiting on roadwork delays

    Waiting for another clue

    Waiting just to hear from you

    Waiting for the day to end

    Waiting to see round the bend

    Waiting for the phone to ring

    Waiting through the cold for spring

    Waiting for important news

    Waiting to see who will lose

    Waiting to prove if it’s true

    Waiting just to hear from you

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  • Window

    I want to show to you

    The world through my eyes

    To give to you the beauty

    Of all life’s lows and highs

    I want you to feel

    The world as I do

    To know its joy and love

    Its pain and heartbreak too

    I want to walk with you

    Through time’s winding trails

    To find in what I write

    A thread of common tale